July 2021 – Page 6

France warns of APT31 cyberspies targeting French organizations

The French national cyber-security agency today warned of an ongoing series of attacks against a large number of French organizations coordinated by the Chinese-backed APT31 cyberespionage group. […]

21 Jul

Chinese state hackers breached over a dozen US pipeline operators

Chinese state-sponsored attackers have breached 13 US oil and natural gas (ONG) pipeline companies between December 2011 to 2013 following a spear-phishing campaign targeting their employees. […]

21 Jul

NPM package steals Chrome passwords on Windows via recovery tool

New npm malware has been caught stealing credentials from the Google Chrome web browser by using legitimate password recovery tools on Windows systems. Additionally, this malware listens for incoming connections from the attacker’s C2 server and provides advanced capabilities, including screen and camera access. […]

20 Jul

Microsoft Teams chat feature rolling out to Windows 11

With Windows 11, Microsoft is integrating the Microsoft Teams chatting feature into the Windows Taskbar. Microsoft Teams Chat feature is based on Microsoft Teams desktop client and Microsoft is basically extending Teams capability by bringing the dedicated button right to your taskbar. […]

20 Jul

DuckDuckGo’s new email privacy service forwards tracker-free messages

DuckDuckGo is rolling out an email privacy feature that strips incoming messages of trackers that can help profile you for better profiling and ad targeting. […]

20 Jul

New Windows 10 vulnerability allows anyone to get admin privileges

Windows 10 and Windows 11 are vulnerable to a local elevation of privilege vulnerability after discovering that users with low privileges can access sensitive Registry database files. […]

20 Jul

New Linux kernel bug lets you get root on most modern distros

Unprivileged attackers can gain root privileges by exploiting a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in default configurations of the Linux Kernel’s filesystem layer on vulnerable devices. […]

20 Jul

FBI: Threat actors may be targeting the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns of threat actors potentially targeting the upcoming Olympic Games, although evidence of attacks planned against the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 is yet to be uncovered. […]

19 Jul

iPhone WiFi bug morphs into zero-click hacking, but there’s a fix

Security researchers investigating a bug that crashed the Wifi service on iPhones found that it could be exploited for remote code execution without user interaction. […]

19 Jul

Microsoft takes down domains used to scam Office 365 users

Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has seized 17 malicious domains used by scammers in a business email compromise (BEC) campaign targeting the company’s customers. […]

Month: July 2021

France warns of APT31 cyberspies targeting French organizations

Chinese state hackers breached over a dozen US pipeline operators

NPM package steals Chrome passwords on Windows via recovery tool

Microsoft Teams chat feature rolling out to Windows 11

DuckDuckGo’s new email privacy service forwards tracker-free messages

New Windows 10 vulnerability allows anyone to get admin privileges

New Linux kernel bug lets you get root on most modern distros

FBI: Threat actors may be targeting the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics

iPhone WiFi bug morphs into zero-click hacking, but there’s a fix

Microsoft takes down domains used to scam Office 365 users